Optical aberration theory remains a fundamental component in the design and operation of space telescopes. With increasingly ambitious astronomical missions and the demand for high-resolution imaging, ...
Click to open image viewer. The optical device which the astronauts used for navigation while in the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was an alignment optical telescope (AOT). The AOT was a periscope-type ...
On 11 March 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) team completed the stage of mirror alignment known as “fine phasing”. Although there are months to go before Webb ultimately delivers its new ...